Cloning and molecular analyses of a gibberellin 20-oxidase gene expressed specifically in developing seeds of watermelon

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 373-382

  Kang, Hong Gyu ^a   Jun, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Junyul ^a   Kawaide, Hiroshi ^b   Kamiya, Yuji ^b   An, Gynheung ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20 OXIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CLONING; GIBBERELLIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; RNA;

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033212925     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.2.373     Document Type: Article

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